California Executions

Another State Could Ban Death Penalty In November

AP | By PAUL ELIAS | Posted 04.24.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- California voters will soon get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility o...

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Public Safety, Innocence and Cost: Replacing the Death Penalty is California's Only Viable Option

Byron Williams | Posted 02.12.2012

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Byron Williams

If any good has come out of California's current economic challenges, it has been that pragmatism may have overtaken emotionalism in our public discourse.

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Documents Reveal California's Worldwide Execution Drug Search

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The e-mail from one California prison official to another almost reads like something out of a spy novel: "May have a secret and...

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Officials Move To Resume Executions In California

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Death row inmate Albert Greenwood Brown on Tuesday morning was handed a "death warrant" – the first such document delivere...

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Condemned Man's Last Request: Don't Screw It Up

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Weller

A California man convicted of rape and murder 40 years ago has asked that his execution be stopped because the state can't guarantee it will be pain free.

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